I'm back! I swear I do that smiley for a lot of opening…words. Yesh. Heh. Anyways…here is chapter eleven!

Chapter Eleven

Violent storms, twisting figures, darkness. In her bed, Olivia lays twisting and turning as nightmares plague her subconscious.

"DEAD!" she screams, sitting straight up.

Around her, the Destinies sit with tears streaming silently down their cheeks. Malia's face is hardened, refusing to believe that her best friend is gone. I'm dreaming. She tells herself firmly. I'm dreaming. Why can't I wake up! Olivia looks at them, averting her eyes as Meagan tries to make eye contact with her.

"So…you know?"

They nod glumly. Vanessa sighs, "How did she even catch a cold? Sure she was out all night at the library, but it was the warmest night of late summer that night. No way she could have caught it like that."

"I'm afraid that was my doing."

Kurama enters calmly, taking a seat at the end of Olivia's bed, "I keep my room cold for some of the seeds that I hold. Nissi slept with me that night, and I fear that is why she was sick. That and the constant worrying that she has been doing for the past few days."

"This is wrong…" Meagan whispers, getting up and standing next to the window.

"Olivia, you need to be more careful or you will die too..." Kurama gives a warning. Olivia pretends not to hear him, until he repeats it again.

"I don't care…"

"Malia…" Jin pops his head in. "I need to check your wound."

Malia glares at him, mentally wishing for him to disappear—mentally wishing for all the guys to disappear: Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Touya. And Botan, Genkai, and Shizuru also. But as he doesn't disappear she slips out of the room with him and to the bathroom.

"She doesn't understand what is going on here…" Meagan mumbles under her breath. "Nobody's bothered to explain anything to her."

"I'm sorry…" Kurama bows his head.

"Don't apologize," Olivia shakes his shoulder.

"…" He leaves the room, head still bowed.

Spirit World

"Botan, I don't want to be here!" Nissi wails, clutching at Botan's kimono unhappily. "Don't take me there!"

"Nissi…perhaps Koenma can help you."

"No one can help me now! I'm dead."

"We'll see…"

Botan thrusts Nissi into Koenma's office, her cheeks still wet with tears from having to bring her to Spirit World. Oh Koenma, I hope you can do something. Koenma sits at his desk happily, in toddler form, until he spots a crying Nissi and is immediately concerned.

"Nissi, what are you doing here?"

"Um…I'm dead."

"Dead? You can't be dead—you're not scheduled to die for quite some time…what went wrong?"

"I…caught a cold."

"Well you'll simply have to return to the human world, because I don't have any space for you at the moment. We already have too many people coming up here each day, we don't need another one. Especially when the deaths could be linked with your friend Malia."

"What does Malia have to do with this?"

"If my suspicions are correct, quite a lot. But I'll tell you later. Did Yusuke ever mention to you how he came back to life?"

"Yes…do I have to do that same thing?"

"Yup."

"How long do I have?"

"Um…about five minutes. But this isn't a life or death (no pun intended) situation, as you can always try again tomorrow, or the next day, or the next day. Your waves are lined up perfectly, unlike Yusuke's."

"All right then …what do I do?"

"Enter the thoughts of one of your friends and hope they get the message."

Nissi closes her eyes and focuses all her thoughts on Kurama. Come on, Kurama! Can you hear me?

Nissi?

Yay! I need you to…kiss me.

Nissi…you're dead.

Just do it!

This is insane. My mind is playing tricks on me…I'm really losing it.

KURAMA YOU IMBECILE IF YOU DON'T KISS ME I SWEAR I'LL HAUNT YOU UNTIL THE DAY YOU DIE!

At the Mansion

"Ouch!"

Kurama leans against the wall, rubbing his sore head. The voice had sounded so much like Nissi but…Nissi is dead, and with the dead there is no communication. But it sounded so…real. He shakes his head to free his mind, all the while thinking of what to do. Would it hurt to try?

He opens the door to her room where she lies on the bed, ready to be buried the next day. Paling, he closes the door behind him so none of the others see him and think he is a madman. Dropping to his knees before the bed, Kurama stares at his girlfriend with tears forming in his eyes.

"I'm sorry…I completely forgot about how it could affect you."

He leans in and kisses her softly, pulling away as the door opens. Malia and Olivia enter, followed by Vanessa and Meagan. They stare at Kurama, he at them, neither of the groups turning away until they hear ruffling sheets.

"What are you guys doing?" Nissi rubs her eyes and pushes the hair out of her eyes. "Having a staring contest?"

"N-Nissi…"

Overwhelmed with joy, the Destinies pile on her, hugging her furiously until her eyes are bugging out of her head and she is turning purple. She coughs, grasping their attention. The Destinies release their grip only by a little, continuing to hug the life out of her. (Eh, not that far.)

"How did you come back?" they gasp, crowding in further, demanding for an answer.
"Kurama kissed me, just like Keiko had kissed Yusuke to bring him back," Nissi smiles at her blushing boyfriend.

"Awwww!" Kurama blushes further at the Destinies outburst.

Olivia takes a deep breath, and Meagan covers her ears. The others follow suit. "GENKAI, JIN, TOUYA, YUSUKE, HIEI, KUWABARA! GET YOUR BUTTS IN HERE, NISSI IS ALIVE!"

The others run in and, upon seeing Nissi, also jump on her, squeezing the breath out of her. By the time everyone has had their full share of hugging, she is red and panting heavily. Vanessa pulls Olivia, Meagan, and Malia aside, whispering in their ears. Three identical grins break out as they nod their heads feverously. And so, a new idea is coming into play, hatched by Vanessa (once again) and carried out by her friends.

Yay! She's not dead! Okay…next chapter is going to be a nice one. Originally we were going to do one thing, and then Vanessa suggested that she and I duet this…thing…so I'm going to do that! See you next chapter.